View Full Version : Gripe of the day - What is yours?
timwilky
26-04-18, 08:26 AM
Work have sent me my new laptop. nice and light, a dell precision 5520.
Then for some reason they bodged it.
windows 7?????????
Stuffed it full of engineering apps. so no space for what I want
partitioned the 500GB SSD as two drives.
Biggest gripe, Mcaffee disk encryption that requires a password to unlock, but before it has loaded the drivers for the keyboard/mouse. so I have to open it up type on the laptop keyboard and then close it.
slowly putting in place the apps I need, Catia has gone, all my desktop is transferred. but transferring registries for putty, winscp. then Oracle Developer connections etc are a right pain.
IT muppets...Grrh they did not want to send me the machine, they wanted me to drive to them for them to set up. In some ways I wish I had been able to. I would have told them to start again.
maviczap
27-04-18, 12:05 PM
Back to the miserable grey and wet
SV650rules
27-04-18, 01:01 PM
Back to the miserable grey and wet
Miserable, grey, wet and cold (6 deg C) by us.
We had a bloke from Spain stay with a friend in a house across the road from us (he is British but has lived there for a while) and he loves the cooler weather and how GREEN everything is.
Sir Trev
27-04-18, 03:15 PM
... and how GREEN everything is.
There's green and then there's underwater. We seem to be heading for the latter!
maviczap
27-04-18, 06:25 PM
Happily swap the warm for this grey muck
phi-dan
27-04-18, 07:25 PM
Having spent the winter waiting for dry days to replace the alternator (no indoor work space) it's finally nice enough to enjoy riding but no. Looks like the oil pump has failed now... [emoji26]
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shiftin_gear98
28-04-18, 12:35 PM
To the poor soul who died on the M11 yesterday.
Be safe people.
shiftin_gear98
01-05-18, 05:34 PM
Twinged my back taking an empty water bottle out of a low kitchen unit. Yeah I know WTF.
Currently pretty painful. I must be getting old.
maviczap
01-05-18, 08:41 PM
Came home to find my cat had caught a pigeon, but not killed it. So I had to as, it couldn't fly
garynortheast
01-05-18, 09:47 PM
Wood pigeon? If so, get it in the pot!
maviczap
02-05-18, 05:52 AM
No, just a common garden flying rat. Stupid things as this was one of two who came to feed on our bird feeder and had close calls with the cat before
Biker Biggles
02-05-18, 07:39 AM
Number of birds killed by wind turbines 200-300,000 per year
Number of birds killed by collision with cellphone/radio/tv towers 6-7 million/yr
Number of birds killed by cats 1.5 - 3.5 BILLION/yr
put a bell on its collar.
(Do cats taste like chicken? ;) )
Number of statistical facts that are made up------87.3% ;)
maviczap
02-05-18, 07:53 AM
Number of birds killed by wind turbines 200-300,000 per year
Number of birds killed by collision with cellphone/radio/tv towers 6-7 million/yr
Number of birds killed by cats 1.5 - 3.5 BILLION/yr
put a bell on its collar.
(Do cats taste like chicken? ;) )
It has a bell but it's a ninja cat and pigeons are stupid. One less pigeon isn't going to decimate the species, especially if you see the numbers flying around the grain terminal at my local docks.
Number of statistical facts that are made up------87.3% ;)
:smt098
Number of birds killed by collision with cellphone/radio/tv towers 6-7 million/yr
Well if they can't see a huge static object right in front of them then how are they supposed to deal with a ninja cat?
Good job they don't make insurance claims
"It just ran out in front of me"
"The cat?"
"No the BT telecom tower..."
dirtydog
02-05-18, 01:09 PM
Customers! Not all of them but a growing number want everything done on the cheap and try and haggle or just don't understand what the job entails. Current job that I only started on Monday is a bathroom refit including removing the bath and fitting a shower enclosure except they want it on the opposite wall, move basin to the opposite wall, move the toilet along the wall 60cm to accommodate the new shower enclosure and tiling of 3 walls after removing the current tiles.
I got a text from the owner today saying they're disappointed with the progress made on the bathroom and they expected it to be finished tomorrow!!!
SV650rules
02-05-18, 01:51 PM
Customers! Not all of them but a growing number want everything done on the cheap and try and haggle or just don't understand what the job entails. Current job that I only started on Monday is a bathroom refit including removing the bath and fitting a shower enclosure except they want it on the opposite wall, move basin to the opposite wall, move the toilet along the wall 60cm to accommodate the new shower enclosure and tiling of 3 walls after removing the current tiles.
I got a text from the owner today saying they're disappointed with the progress made on the bathroom and they expected it to be finished tomorrow!!!
Only someone who has done DIY and actually got their hands dirty knows what jobs entail and how many things can go wrong with even the best planned jobs. The people who have never done DIY themselves are undoubtedly the worst for being impatient and penny pinching. They probably value their own job skills (if they have any) highly, but obviously not yours.
dirtydog
02-05-18, 03:33 PM
yeah I don't think she's ever done diy and her ex husband clearly wasn't any good at it either but the main problem with this one is the lodger sticking her oar in. She tries to make out she's done loads of house renovations but I know for a fact all she's ever had done was having a bathroom and kitchen replaced in 1 house about 10 years ago
maviczap
02-05-18, 07:26 PM
yeah I don't think she's ever done diy and her ex husband clearly wasn't any good at it either but the main problem with this one is the lodger sticking her oar in. She tries to make out she's done loads of house renovations but I know for a fact all she's ever had done was having a bathroom and kitchen replaced in 1 house about 10 years ago
They've also seen stuff done on DIY SOS and it only takes an hour ;)
Some people just don't have a grasp on reality.
When you quote, do you give them an estimate of how long it's going to take in writing?
If you do, I'd refer to the written quote.
Red ones
02-05-18, 08:59 PM
I thought today was going well when I argued out of a parking ticket.
Then I had a day of a door being slammed every 30 seconds behind my desk. Got a headache.
A car drove into the bike parking knocking one over and rammed it into mine. Car drove off.
dirtydog
02-05-18, 09:30 PM
They've also seen stuff done on DIY SOS and it only takes an hour ;)
Some people just don't have a grasp on reality.
When you quote, do you give them an estimate of how long it's going to take in writing?
If you do, I'd refer to the written quote.
On this occasion it was just a verbal guide to time but it's down to the lodger twisting it to suit her as she's a bit of a poop stirrer
shiftin_gear98
03-05-18, 01:35 PM
DD
Your contract is not with the lodger. Tell her to mind her own business and **** off out of it.
I really should look at getting a job in either HR or PR.
shiftin_gear98
03-05-18, 01:37 PM
Obviously in your best cockney accent.
Otherwise it's just rude.
yokohama
03-05-18, 07:25 PM
Another broken tooth. :( I should eat more calcium.
This one's gone below the gumline and is unfixable. The dentist suggests an implant at a price which would be over twice what I paid for my SV.
Chris_SVS
03-05-18, 07:28 PM
Insurance renewal in today - 3x what it cost me last year (auto renewal stopped) So I scurry off onto the internetwebs and end up with higher cover, euro travel,riding other bikes and mods declared for less than half the renewal price but slightly more than last year*
**fair enough as I have 0NCB due to an at fault
Yokohama, I got 3 implants in Turkey 2 years ago for £1250. You'd be lucky to get one for that price in the UK so for the difference, take a couple of holidays to get your teeth done there.
shiftin_gear98
04-05-18, 10:21 AM
Is it just me, or some days do you wish you had the power to vaporise whoever you wanted just by looking at them. If I did today there would be no one else here at work today.
All of them are really ****ing me off today. TFIF.
Red ones
04-05-18, 10:25 AM
It's not just you. I had that day on Wednesday. They all shouted and didn't talk. They all wanted to play music too loudly and loved slamming doors.
I just wanted them to vanish and let me work quietly.
The bonus was that I have 5 days off followed by 2 days away on a course that I chose to go on and is what really interests me.
shiftin_gear98
04-05-18, 10:48 AM
Ah good, I was wondering if I should stop watching the programs I've been watching on Netflix.
garynortheast
04-05-18, 02:17 PM
The answer really is for us to stop making/using non recyclable plastic.
And while on the plastic theme.....
I am monumentally fed up with the lazy, dirty, sh1te-for-brains, scumbags who think it's ok to fill the rivers and hedges out here with their litter. That goes for the disgusting slobs who lob there crap out of the car window - sweet wrappers, sandwich packs, energy drinks tins and plastic bottles, beer cans.... I usually come home from my walks with the dog with a bundle of stuff collected from the verge and hedgerows.
The other group is the "custodians of the countryside" who think it acceptable to leave feed sacks, fertiliser bags, mineral lick tubs, and yards and yards of effing sileage wrap on open hillsides. The river near us is festooned with vast quantities of the stuff, on rocks in the river, all over the banks, hanging from trees and fences.
Dirty, irresponsible 2hats.
SV650rules
04-05-18, 03:11 PM
Looks like a lot of people use motorway on and off ramps to recycle their unwanted car rubbish, I used M6 J10 off ramp a month or so ago and as usual it was stop start, gobsmacked at the amount of rubbish behind the crash barriers, I think we need another 'keep Britain tidy' campaign. If I caught people dumping rubbish out of vehicles on dashcam I would be inclined to turn them in.
You're assuming the police would be interested.
Littlepeahead
04-05-18, 05:35 PM
My mum has frontotemporal dementia. That isn't great but at least we now know. She's 72 and had been showing dementia symptoms for a while.
However, they then told me that I may well get it too, and that I need to be tested as this variant usually develops much younger, from age 45 or so. I'm 47.
I saw my GP this morning and just in passing said I was struggling to recall names and words. I was there about something else. Then this afternoon the specialist at the hospital where I'd taken my mum tells me I may have the faulty gene. 50/50 chance.
It's knocked me sideways. They give you counselling then a scan and stuff. I don't have to find out but I want to. Not least because I'm not overpaying on my pension anymore if I've only got 5 years left!
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maviczap
04-05-18, 06:05 PM
My mum has frontotemporal dementia. That isn't great but at least we now know. She's 72 and had been showing dementia symptoms for a while.
However, they then told me that I may well get it too, and that I need to be tested as this variant usually develops much younger, from age 45 or so. I'm 47.
I saw my GP this morning and just in passing said I was struggling to recall names and words. I was there about something else. Then this afternoon the specialist at the hospital where I'd taken my mum tells me I may have the faulty gene. 50/50 chance.
It's knocked me sideways. They give you counselling then a scan and stuff. I don't have to find out but I want to. Not least because I'm not overpaying on my pension anymore if I've only got 5 years left!
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Not nice to read this, but don't read too much into being forgetful, the older you get the more you forget. I'm 57 and I notice that I'm getting more forgetful, and use various things to remind me of stuff to do.
This kind of thing does follow in families, but it can jump a generation, and will also have your fathers genes mixed in.
maviczap
04-05-18, 06:07 PM
After completing my 3 good deeds of the day (see smile of the day), I only went and left a fleece jacket in the bank.
Oh well, I know where it is, but means I need to make another trip to the bank, 24 mile round trip, plus car parking!
Littlepeahead
04-05-18, 06:17 PM
Inappropriate swearing it's also a symptom. But I do that anyway.
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maviczap
04-05-18, 06:25 PM
Inappropriate swearing it's also a symptom. But I do that anyway.
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The older I get the worse I swear, and I'm certainly Mr Angry in the car these days :smt106 ;) :mad:
shiftin_gear98
04-05-18, 06:38 PM
Lph, Try not to worry about the what if's. I'm awaiting the results of a blood test at the moment. I'm telling myself not to panic until I'm told too. Fingers crossed you are genetically more like your dad than your mum.
Good luck.
And I'm 41, I swear quite a lot.
garynortheast
04-05-18, 09:23 PM
After completing my 3 good deeds of the day (see smile of the day), I only went and left a fleece jacket in the bank.
Oh well, I know where it is, but means I need to make another trip to the bank, 24 mile round trip, plus car parking!
Ah, but if you went on two wheels (powered or pedal) that could be a 24 smiles round trip!:cool:
garynortheast
04-05-18, 09:31 PM
Lph that's not a nice thing to be waiting to hear about, but as others have said it's not a done and dusted result. I can certainly confirm the age related forgetfulness, but I've been like that since I was much younger, so it may well mean nothing more than having too busy a mind to properly file information away mentally.
And as for the ****ing swearing, don't ****ing get me ****ing started. The stuff I see going on around me is enough to get a ****ing saint ****ing swearing. ****ing hell......
BanannaMan
05-05-18, 03:29 AM
Thoughts and prayers for you Clare.
I hope you don't have this gene.
Just remember having the gene does not mean for sure you will have this especially at a young age)
Forgetfulness?? I can tell you about 40 years ago but where did I lay my cane down last ?
As for the swearing, Sorry I'm a gentleman, at all times.
Don't see why people feel the need to swear if they are not angry.
If you do hear me swearing loudly it might be wise to back up a bit as its highly likely someone is about to learn a life lesson. (And hopefully it won't be me! LOL )
dirtydog
05-05-18, 07:48 AM
Looks like a lot of people use motorway on and off ramps to recycle their unwanted car rubbish, I used M6 J10 off ramp a month or so ago and as usual it was stop start, gobsmacked at the amount of rubbish behind the crash barriers, I think we need another 'keep Britain tidy' campaign. If I caught people dumping rubbish out of vehicles on dashcam I would be inclined to turn them in.
We have similar problems around here with people dumping rubbish and it's only going to get worse with the local tips now charging to get rid of hardcore, soil, plasterboard, sanitary ware etc
Costs almost twice as much to get rid of a sheet of plasterboard than it does to buy it! Want to dump your old toilet? That'll be a fiver
A typical bathroom refit would create about 8 bags of hardcore/tiles, 1 bag of plasterboard off cuts, toilet, basin and bath
Even for a diyer that's going to cost them near on £40 to take to the local tip and for us that are in the trade the cost is a hell of a lot higher, easily triple that amount
Lovely day, sat in the garden with clean washing on the line and the neighbour lights up a bonfire. Argh!
shiftin_gear98
09-05-18, 07:31 AM
Doctor referred me last night - more waiting. (Stressing) Hopefully over nothing.
That's two referrals I'm now waiting for.
This getting older lark sucks.
garynortheast
09-05-18, 01:29 PM
Doctor referred me last night - more waiting. (Stressing) Hopefully over nothing.
That's two referrals I'm now waiting for.
This getting older lark sucks.
Any idea how long you are going to have to wait? Hope they happen quickly and you get the all clear mate.
shiftin_gear98
09-05-18, 08:10 PM
Thanks, first one will be about 2 weeks. That's the one that's stressing me out. The other will be about another 6 weeks.
BanannaMan
12-05-18, 11:04 AM
The whole family has been sick with a nasty virus for a week now.
Finally getting better but still feel weak.
Sir Trev
13-05-18, 10:05 AM
The drunk on the 23:10 Marylebone to Oxford train last that had to be removed by BTP before we could set off. I was so tired I just wanted to go home. The complete twunt was ranting about having bought a ticket so should be allowed to travel, free speech laws meant he was perfectly entitled to call people what he wanted and to swear as much as he liked... As he was lead off in cuffs you could see everyone else in the packed carriage breathing a sigh of relief!
Depressing isn't it. Just what you need after a long day. Another reason why we need to keep guards on the train.
BanannaMan
13-05-18, 04:20 PM
Record high temperatures this weekend could reach 35c today.
Mid-summer type sweltering heat.
I absolutely despise it. The older I get the more so it seems.
After our overly long winter I'm glad to get any heat. Today was lovely and sunny here but there was still a chilly breeze.
Contracts that arent worth the paper they are written on. Im not dancing so go find another partner :tiesto:
In those immortal words of Cheryl.. Im worth it!
Sir Trev
14-05-18, 06:50 PM
Contracts that arent worth the paper they are written on. Im not dancing so go find another partner :tiesto:
In those immortal words of Cheryl.. Im worth it!
Know the feeling. The sound of incredulity when I tell the agent that just rang me up "no, I am not interested in a contract a good two hours drive each way for 75% of the day rate I have already told you is my minimum". When they start to protest that it's a great opportunity and a wonderful company to work for I have to bite my tongue to stop myself from laughing down the phone at them.
Red ones
15-05-18, 05:42 PM
They don't make oil filters like they used to. 13,500 miles and my HF138 shot the oil out the front through all the rust.
Cue the obvious posts about changing filters.
Biker Biggles
15-05-18, 06:09 PM
They don't make oil filters like they used to. 13,500 miles and my HF138 shot the oil out the front through all the rust.
Cue the obvious posts about changing filters.
You should have painted it with hammerite. They last at least 30000 miles that way.;)
Red ones
15-05-18, 06:45 PM
Of course. ACF50 didn't do the job.
It dumped the oil at about 550pm. I had no oil and no replacement filter I need the bike at 7am
I can't say enough nice words about the bike shop that helped me out at the last minute.
They don't make oil filters like they used to. 13,500 miles and my HF138 shot the oil out the front through all the rust.
Cue the obvious posts about changing filters.
i'll bite.
you do know how an oil filter works?
obviously not so i'll tell you. an oil filter has a paper element that catches particles that would potentially harm your engine over time. when the filter gets old and clogged up the popper valve opens due to the increased oil pressure. when this happens you get unfiltered oil circulating inside your engine e.g. no filtering of the oil.
now does that sound like cost saving?
i'll bite.
you do know how an oil filter works?
obviously not so i'll tell you. an oil filter has a paper element that catches particles that would potentially harm your engine over time. when the filter gets old and clogged up the popper valve opens due to the increased oil pressure. when this happens you get unfiltered oil circulating inside your engine e.g. no filtering of the oil.
now does that sound like cost saving?
Lol. What's the recommend service life, 8k miles if memory serves.
Red ones
15-05-18, 10:14 PM
10,500 miles, so I'm not ridiculously over.
Have you ever wondered how service frequencies are determined? Suzuki base theirs on a research paper carried out in America on the frequency of mechanical failure of bikes on the public roads. That research was completed 42 years ago. Is known as 'according to EPA regulations." The schedules do not reflect the advances of the last 42 years.
Book maintenance schedules are always too frequent. It's a butt covering exercise by the people who write them. I'm a fan of monitoring condition and maintaining only when needed.
We all know it. Who changes the radiator hoses every 4 years? Why do you fit a Scottoiler?
I've done probably 260,000 miles on various SVs and rarely find any particles in the oil when it is changed and I check it for sediment out of the filter when it does get changed and also for appearance in bright light. Never had a valve out of tolerance either, so gave up on that.
Maintenance induced failure (it really is a thing) is seen too frequently. (They did the service and now it doesn't work properly)
Conversely the manual won't tell you the clutch lifter will fail at around 65,000 miles, or the coils at about 90k.
shiftin_gear98
16-05-18, 07:00 AM
Woke up this morning and realised my wedding ring isn't on my finger. REALLY ****ED OFF.
I have no idea when it went missing. I never take it off. Gutted, feel a bit sick. As well as livid.
I wouldn't suggest getting on a motorbike 2 mins after you realise something like this.
This morning was a full on rage ride.
dirtydog
16-05-18, 07:44 AM
2 gripes from me today
1, customers who don't pay you on time
2, customers who expect you to be able to plumb in a bathroom with nothing other than a hand drawn plan with no measurements and no furniture i.e taps, toilet actually chosen but they want all the pipes buried in walls/under the floor
littleoldman2
16-05-18, 09:35 AM
Woke up this morning and realised my wedding ring isn't on my finger. REALLY ****ED OFF.
I have no idea when it went missing. I never take it off. Gutted, feel a bit sick. As well as livid.
I wouldn't suggest getting on a motorbike 2 mins after you realise something like this.
This morning was a full on rage ride.
Sad day, feel for you.
You'll miss it for ages. Took mine off in January prior to an operation and the swelling still hasn't gone down so I cannot put it back on. Still keep touching my finger where it should be.
shiftin_gear98
16-05-18, 11:20 AM
Thanks,
Yeah now I know it's not there I can't help but notice it's absence. Shame I have no idea when or where it came off.
Well it looks like there is a down side to losing weight and getting fitter. I've lost the best part of 10 kilos since Christmas. (and now the ring)
PS. I hope the swelling goes down soon.
garynortheast
16-05-18, 05:34 PM
Oh no! That's not good :-( Have you looked in your bike glove?
maviczap
16-05-18, 08:15 PM
The youth of today who require me as their passenger to act as navigator, and tell them where to turn off the motorway, on a journey they're done many times before and where there's bloody great motorway signs saying Dartford Crossing!
But they still miss taking the exit.
Littlepeahead
17-05-18, 06:59 AM
Thanks,
Yeah now I know it's not there I can't help but notice it's absence. Shame I have no idea when or where it came off.
Well it looks like there is a down side to losing weight and getting fitter. I've lost the best part of 10 kilos since Christmas. (and now the ring)
PS. I hope the swelling goes down soon.Look in the obvious places especially where your hands get wet like around the sink. Check in bed, laundry basket, shower tray. Then call places you've been where you washed your hands like restaurants, shops. If someone found it they might have handed it in, worth a try. Hope it turns up.
I have been separated 7 months now but have taken to wearing my Sri Lankan sapphire on that finger, partly because it's the only finger it fits and it's a beautiful color change gem, but also because I kept having a momentary panic thinking I'd lost my wedding ring before remembering I'm not married any more! https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180517/33a3fa7943c8938c01afa6a13418173e.jpg
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shiftin_gear98
17-05-18, 07:03 AM
Thanks LPH, see yesterdays smile. I found it when I got home. In the recycling wheelie bin.
punyXpress
18-05-18, 03:37 PM
Since Windows 10 update 2 days ago, Excel is fubarred! :mad:
maviczap
19-05-18, 04:56 PM
Flickr has been bought by another company, how long before they start charging for their image hosting?
Sir Trev
19-05-18, 06:34 PM
Yobbish behaviour. Went to Severn Valley Railway today as the weather was nice and it's a good ride through the edge of the Cotswolds. They had a gala event on and the place was rammed and half the people there it seemed were groups of lads bragging about how drunk they get every night. I wasn't the only one getting fed up with them as I could see others looking daggers at them too. One lot even pushed a guy out of their way so they could look out of a window and berated and intimidated him dreadfully until he stomped off. They thought that was hilarous - utter wonkers, all of them! And don't get me started about the families with young kids who were hot and fed up and clearly did not want to be there and should not have been dragged there just 'cos mum and dad wanted to go. The screaming and shouting along the whole of my final journey was so jarring by the time we got back I walked straight out and got back on the bike!
DarrenSV650S
19-05-18, 06:44 PM
Flickr has been bought by another company, how long before they start charging for their image hosting?
It better not! I haven't even finished converting my photobucket links to flickr
maviczap
19-05-18, 07:52 PM
It better not! I haven't even finished converting my photobucket links to flickr
Yahoo sold it back in April :compcrash:
https://www.thestar.com.my/tech/tech-news/2018/04/25/yahoo-exits-the-picture-flickr-sold-to-smugmug/
punyXpress
19-05-18, 08:16 PM
...and Homegroup has been done away with and my keyboard keeps reverting to US layout so my " becomes an @
You can cure that bit by pressing "ENG" bottom right & selecting English (UK) + UK Keyboard ( I hope )
Luckypants
21-05-18, 06:58 AM
You can cure that bit by pressing "ENG" bottom right & selecting English (UK) + UK Keyboard ( I hope )Yes it will, but it will revert to a US keyboard layout next time you boot it. (At least my work lappy does) I usually get reminded when my password fails.
timwilky
21-05-18, 07:40 AM
Van MOT in 20 mins. It has done 800 miles since the last one. Isn't it about time they moved MOTs to 2 year renewal. Having said that I have seen some heaps and wonder how they ever pass!
timwilky
21-05-18, 07:42 AM
The GSXR only did 240 last year between tickets. Managed that on it with 6 months to go this year!
Luckypants
21-05-18, 07:46 AM
Yep, I discovered that too. If you go into settings and change it there instead of on the taskbar it stays set.Ah yes thanks, found how to set UK English as default. Thanks!
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Sir Trev
21-05-18, 10:02 AM
Lady Poppy called this morning to say there is an eight inch crack on the passenger side of her car's windscreen... Blast it. The thing is coming up 3 years old in three weeks and I had the MoT booked for tomorrow but a crack like that is almost certainly a failure. Luckily the garage said bring it in anyway and we'll do the service - if the screen is fubar we'll not do the MoT bit for now. Autoglass cannot come out to replace it on the insurance for 9 days!!! WTF??? 9 days?!?!?! What if it was badly smashed and totally undrivable? Unbelievable.
Bloody joggers. I was in the empty right hand lane approaching a roundabout to go straight ahead and there was a queue of cars in the left hand lane waiting to go left. Just as I drew level with front car, 3 joggers suddenly appeared from my left and one ended up draped over the bonnet of the car as I hit the brakes. They had seen the stopped car to my left and had just run straight across the front of it. Fortunately, no damage to the car or the idiots.
Bloody joggers. I was in the empty right hand lane approaching a roundabout to go straight ahead and there was a queue of cars in the left hand lane waiting to go left. Just as I drew level with front car, 3 joggers suddenly appeared from my left and one ended up draped over the bonnet of the car as I hit the brakes. They had seen the stopped car to my left and had just run straight across the front of it. Fortunately, no damage to the car or the idiots.
I get this a lot - not just joggers but "normal" pedestrians too - often at traffic light controlled crossings (but equally often just "near" them) with queuing traffic, with headphones on, or staring at phone, or both, or even neither but in their own world anyway.
Too impatient to wait for the green man, too stupid to look out for non-car traffic, too self-righteous to apologise, and have the cheek to look completely shocked when they get beeped/revved/shouted at.
Bring back the Green Cross Code.
Now this gripe is gonna go on a bit, lol.
We had walkmans in my youth. I had one, but my Dad advised that he didn't want me walking around with headphones in on my own in public, because it makes you dangerously unaware. Could get mugged, run over, anything. I was a bit annoyed, other people did it (it was the 80s) but on reflection I thought he was probably right so I followed his advice.
I pass on the same sage wisdom to my kid now. Get completely ignored.
The latest window update has broken Photoshop elements on my PC. Initially it complained of lack of ram, which is nonsense. I reset the pse preferences which fixed the ram message but it won't load past the welcome screen. The windows event log reports the error but gives no real clues. A reinstall didn't help either. I've now uninstalled every Adobe app and any residue in the registry and unplugged the PC. I've had enough for now.
maviczap
24-05-18, 04:07 PM
Seems that update has broken a lot of things
Seems that update has broken a lot of things
Indeed. Given the choice I'd switch auto update off.
I have started having Kernel Trap errors which is really annoying. Just done the April update so hopefully it will put a stop to it.
yokohama
24-05-18, 07:44 PM
Is this the new Win 10 update?? It installed a couple of days ago. You've got me worried now?
Is this the new Win 10 update?? It installed a couple of days ago. You've got me worried now?
Yep. My laptop has it but that seems fine.
yokohama
24-05-18, 07:57 PM
I've noticed a little bit of lag and momentary blank screens when using some programs but that's all so far.
garynortheast
24-05-18, 08:02 PM
I've had no issues with the 1803 update. It's gone onto all of our computers without any trouble. Because we have 6 Windows 10 machines in this house I tend to download these big updates as an .iso and put them on a disc or a flash drive, and then do a manual install so that I can keep an eye on progress.
DarrenSV650S
24-05-18, 08:21 PM
My pc can't get any updates since a recent update failed so I'm hoping installing 1803 manually will fix it. Otherwise I'll have to do a clean install
I suspect it's something to do with either a print or display driver
its the constant "you need administrator privileges to do this" pizz that is annoying me. i am the fekin administrator. its worse than the old paper clip. yes i know i'm installing software, i dont need to be told. yes i know i'm downloading apps that you dont like from the internet that aren't signed, i'll take the risk thanks so you dont need to block them i know what i'm doing.
i'll stick my neck out here and say that within 5 years you wont be able to use pizz all on a windows 10 machine unless you have got the app from the windows store. a windows 10 desktop computer will be nothing more that a glorified tablet.
next move will be on demand applications that you will use online instead of installing on your PC.
Sir Trev
25-05-18, 08:46 AM
next move will be on demand applications that you will use online instead of installing on your PC.
With an appropriate monthly/annual fee for the privilege...
garynortheast
25-05-18, 09:27 AM
Which is the model used by Adobe for some of their software already, I believe.
I suspect it's something to do with either a print or display driver
Now fixed. After a lot of faffing uninstalling drivers etc to no avail, I simply unplugged the second monitor. It worked perfectly fine before the 1803 update.
punyXpress
25-05-18, 11:00 AM
GDPR's Revenge ?
I spoke too soon. PSE now starts but complains about lack of ram. I'm only using 40% of the 4gB installed so I'm not sure if this false message. Ho hum.
I spoke too soon. PSE now starts but complains about lack of ram. I'm only using 40% of the 4gB installed so I'm not sure if this false message. Ho hum.
Think I've fixed it now.
https://feedback.photoshop.com/photoshop_family/topics/i-have-adobe-photoshop-element-14-could-not-initiate-photoshop-elements-because-there-is-not-enough-memory-ram?topic-reply-list%5Bsettings%5D%5Bfilter_by%5D=all&topic-reply-list%5Bsettings%5D%5Bpage%5D=1#reply_19544627
You can alter the amount of memory PSE (and Photoshop CC) uses in >Preferences>Performance but I was getting the problem outlined above. This also affected the second monitor as the wasn't enough memory for that either.
Hope this helps anyone else that gets clobbered by this.
John. windows 10 keeps its installed "apps" in memory in the background you have to turn them all off. same goes for your taskbar apps. they are on by default so you have "quick start". in the resources manager it says that they are using 0 resources which is not strictly true. another thing that hogs memory is windows security features especially "cloud-delivered protection" if you dont install a lot of apps/games from the internet a lot of the virus features can be turned off.
basically if you dont need it started with windows then turn everything off.
there should have been no need to alter any memory settings in photoshop after the update if it was working fine before the update. if you do then this proves that microsoft have added more resource hungry apps in the background. its finding which ones is the problem.
shiftin_gear98
25-05-18, 01:26 PM
Chased up a referral - the reply I got. "Oh we don't seem to have that on our system". Grrrr
Now I have to wait another 2 weeks to see a doc to start all over again. Wish I'd chased it up sooner.
Tom_the_great
25-05-18, 02:32 PM
Its still raining ! I was planning to mow the lawn on my early finish and relax with a beer... the rains not stopped all day so no neatly chopped lawn tonight.
John. windows 10 keeps its installed "apps" in memory in the background you have to turn them all off. same goes for your taskbar apps. they are on by default so you have "quick start". in the resources manager it says that they are using 0 resources which is not strictly true. another thing that hogs memory is windows security features especially "cloud-delivered protection" if you dont install a lot of apps/games from the internet a lot of the virus features can be turned off.
basically if you dont need it started with windows then turn everything off.
there should have been no need to alter any memory settings in photoshop after the update if it was working fine before the update. if you do then this proves that microsoft have added more resource hungry apps in the background. its finding which ones is the problem.
Lance. I agree with that but i think there is a bit more to this as it's a reported bug on Adobe's support page. I had to do a registry hack to fix it, basically telling PSE how much memory was installed. The performance setting option in PSE now displays properly.
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